Exam 8: Proofreading to Correct Your Personal Error Patterns

For each of the following sets of subject, audience, and purpose, select the appropriate answer for the blank. -Subject: ______________________________________ Audience: a teacher Purpose: to convince the reader to extend the due date for an assignment

Select the letter of the correct order for each set of details or sentences. -Many drivers will avoid parallel parking, but this maneuver has only four basic steps that anyone can master. (1) _____ Back up slowly, and as soon as your right rear tire passes the left rear corner of the vehicle next to you, turn your steering wheel hard to the right and aim the center of your vehicle's rear bumper at the far back corner of your parking space. (2) _____ Start by pulling up alongside the car you will park behind, about two feet away from that car and far enough forward to see your entire parking space in your rearview mirror. (3) _____ Finally, turn your steering wheel to the right, and pull forward slowly until you have centered your vehicle in your parking space. (4) _____ As soon as you see that your vehicle's right front corner will clear the left rear corner of the vehicle you'll park behind, turn your steering wheel hard to the left and continue backing up slowly, stopping when your right rear tire touches the curb.

Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in the following sentences. -_____ has to be a way to get to _____ party by nine o'clock.

Read the paragraph and then select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions that follow. Use the following to answer questions : (1) Without saying a word, people can communicate a confident attitude with different kinds of body language. (2) Lifting up the chin so that the head is held high can be one sign of confidence. (3) Maintaining direct eye contact during interactions with others is another way of indicating self-assurance. (4) Confident people also state their opinions forcefully and assertively. (5) But one thing they do not do is slouch; instead, they stand tall, with a straight spine and a chest pointing forward, not slumped forward. (6) Finally, people with confidence tend to stand with their weight distributed evenly on both legs rather than putting all of their weight on just one leg. (7) Just by positioning the head, torso, and legs in these ways makes a person feel more confident about himself or herself. -Which sentence does not belong in this paragraph?

Select the letter of the correct noun for the blank in each sentence. -One of the __________ on the living room wall is crooked.

Select the letter of the sentence that is punctuated correctly. -_____

A blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. -Coins ________ pouring out of this vending machine yesterday.

Slowly reading your revised paragraph or essay in order to find and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling is called

Select the step of the writing process that would include each of the following tasks. -Rearranging the ideas in a draft

Select the letter of the pronoun that is consistent with the noun it refers to. -Every parent has to develop _____ own approach to raising a child.

This topic sentence for an illustration paragraph is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the topic sentence. -Many schools today allow advertisers to address a captive audience of students in several ways.

Select the letter of the consistent verbs for the blanks in the following sentences. -A truck _______ around the curve and ________ into the guardrail.

Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in the following sentences. -_____ _____ bad that your cat got _____ tail caught in the closet door.

Select the letter of the correctly punctuated sentence. -_____

Select the letter of the pronoun that is consistent with the noun it refers to. -If one wants to succeed, _____ has to get a good education.

For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more concise language.

Select the letter of the sentence in which capital letters have been used correctly. -_____

Select the letter of the coordinating conjunction that best expresses the relationship between the two ideas. -Manuel will take a job in Maine, _____ he will continue working in Virginia.

Select the letter of the item that is not parallel with the other items in the group. -_____

For each of the following questions about the six proofreading strategies presented in Chapter 8, select the letter of the correct answer for the blank. -One way to fool the brain into taking a fresh look at something you've written is to read _________.